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John corigliano: Circus Maximus - Blu-ray Audio "Circus Maximus was built to be a 35-minute surround sound piece. I had always wanted to write a piece in which the audience was in the center of the activity, unlike the traditional setup in which an audience watches and hears an orchestra play through a proscenium in one direction only. ... Naturally, the only way to capture this in a sound recording is by recording and playing the work in surround sound. Blu-ray finally offers the means to make this possible-and listeners at home can now experience a work in which they are truly surrounded by music." -John Corigliano Mehldau & von otter: Love Songs Commenting on her love of all genres, mezzo-soprano Anna Sofie von Otter explains, "I have never considered any type of music as being taboo." Her first recording for naïve exemplifies this wide-ranging repertoire, as she partners with jazz pianist Brad Mehldau for renditions of songs by Leonard Bernstein and Joni Mitchell on the same disc. Waldbühne 2010: An Evening with Renée Fleming Join Grammy Award-winning soprano Renée Fleming and the Berlin Philharmonic for a program of the most beautiful opera arias interspersed with atmospheric orchestral works. Set in